The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
J.Venkatesan To look into disputes on land allotment to NICE and to submit report New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted eight weeks' time to the Karnataka government to convene the meeting of the high-level committee (HLC), headed by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, to look into the disputes on …
Vijayawada, May 2: The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (APIIC) will develop infrastructure in the industrial units to be set up in the mandals. The APIIDC has sent the proposal to the government to this effect. The district collector, Mr Peeyush Kumar, has asked the revenue divisional officers to …
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be held in New Delhi, India, from 3-14 October 2010. Given the many unanswered questions that have marked the CWG process, the Housing and Land Rights Network
BHUBANESWAR: In a sign of greater coordination to defang the Maoists, the three neighbouring States of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have decided to bridge the gap among them. As a first move, the States will complete all the major and vital pending bridges in the border areas. In fact, …
New Delhi: The infrastructure sector continues to grow at a healthy rate. In March, the six key sectors crude oil, petroleum refinery, coal, electricity, cement and finished steel posted an annual growth of 7.2%, boosting prospects of a robust overall industrial growth in the month. The six sectors had grown …
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh state government is once again making fresh noises about the state's ambitious highway projects. On Monday, PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui instructed officials of the Uttar Pradesh State Highway Authority to finish pending highway projects in the state as soon as possible, adding that at least six …
The metro stations will have a concourse level and a platform level. The concourse level is where the automatic fare collection counters will be situated.
Report Says Funds Will Be Required To Sustain A Population Of 590 Million By 2030 New Delhi: India will need to spend an additional $2 trillion or almost one-and-a-half times it
Mumbai: The McKinsey report highlights the need for fast-paced infrastructure. But Mumbai and its metropolitan region have not shown till date any attempt to fast track big ticket infrastructure projects. Though government bodies such as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) wish to make available state-of-the-art facilities with roads, …
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has sought assistance worth Rs 1,000 crore from the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for eight projects in the state. Disclosing this here today, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said a project worth Rs 124.50 crore has been recommended for setting up low-cost …
Faced with stiff opposition towards highway widening and BOT-based road development, an all-party meeting on Tuesday decided to temporarily discontinue land acquisition for the four-laning of the national highway in Kerala. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, pleaded with the Centre that four-laning of NH in Kerala …
Ahmedabad: Fearing that land acquisition for Dholera SIR and certain areas in the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor area could trigger protests from some quarters, experts gathered at the international meet stressed on need to create a sense of ownership among people.
Mumbai: Although the length of the Worli-Haji Ali stretch of the sea link is said to be approximately 4 km on paper, if the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) officials are to be believed, the total length of this second phase is going to be more than the first …
Manmohan Singh The people of our countries expect us to work together so as to bring the benefits of inclusive social and economic development to them.
Jairam Ramesh has a fair point The union minister for environment and forests (MoEF) is in the unenviable position of having to publicly confront his cabinet colleagues and risk being dubbed a stick-in-the-mud, anti-development green crusader. First it was a tiff with the agriculture ministry over Bt brinjal. Then it …
The World Bank has agreed to give $1 billion loan to India for various development projects in the urban areas. "World Bank has agreed in principle to give us $1 billion (Rs 5000 crore) for implementing various schemes under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)," said a senior …
